Chapter 73 Abnormal Monitoring Bureau (2) “Can you still be like before…
The light in the room was dim. A clear game interface was projected on the front wall, and on both sides were real-life broadcasts. The changing virtual images were intertwined with the horror scenes, making it look like a bizarre movie.
Brilliant light fell on the young man's face. He controlled the character in the game, staring at the changing game content expressionlessly, appearing a little indifferent. From this angle, he looked very similar to Bo Beidu.
Bai Bei sat on the sofa next to the young man. The lazily curled up system tilted its head to glance at him, still biting a candy, so its words were a little slurred. "Now that you're here, I have something to tell you. Be prepared."
"Is Shi Yu considering joining the Operations Department?" Bai Bei said calmly. The system, on the other hand, looked surprised. He pointed at his head and said, "The control panel is gone, but I can still communicate with Chen Que as a copy system."
When he first entered the Surveillance Bureau after completing the game, he disguised himself as a system and sneaked into the ghost story game not only because he had nothing to do, but also because he wanted to make sure that nothing would happen to Shen Que while he was away.
I didn’t expect to use it now.
The system let out a slow "Ah!" and sat up straight, nearly dropping the game controller. "Does Chen know that you're Feiyu?"
Bai Bei was puzzled. He nodded nonchalantly, "Yes, but I don't think it will have any impact."
"...That's true." The system paused for a moment, mumbling a few words before finally squeezing out a new one. "But the episode I want to see is gone."
Bai Bei, who was exposed one after another: "..."
Bai Bei: "Watch less of that mess."
System: “Oh.”
The system responded casually, handed him another game controller, and then asked him if he wanted to continue playing the previous game. Bai Bei did not refuse.
"Are you planning to stay like this for the next two years?" The system chewed on the hard candy. If Bai Bei had something to do, it certainly couldn't just stand by and watch. Of course, it would help as much as possible. "After all, it doesn't look like there's anything we need to do right now."
Bai Bei leaned back, relaxed, and nestled into the sofa like the system. "Well, we'll have to wait until the Surveillance Bureau arrives to discuss the next matter. I'll try to figure out a solution for a while, but generally speaking..."
He slowly added, "I'm on a long vacation now."
Baibei has already entered vacation mode early.
The progress of the ghost story invasion has been delayed, but there are still many opportunities in reality. The Operations Department and Shi Yu have enough time to prepare for the later alienation. Besides, the system will also pay attention to the situation over there, so he has no need to worry at all.
Although Novi said that, he felt that there was a high probability that he would not be able to meet Yan, but he still had a way to meet the consciousness of the world of ghost stories.
"I'm going out for a while, do you want to come with me?"
However, in the world of ghost stories, apart from this building that imprisons non-human beings and the game area for ghost story games, the rest is only a deserted open space. It is self-evident where Bai Bei is going, and the system has no idea what he is going to do in the game area.
It didn't ask any further questions, but just said that it was going. The system thought that Bai Bei might be going to find the main system of the ghost story game.
After successfully passing the new level of the game, the system cheered and put down the handle, then switched to the electronic creature mode. The joyful tone sounded in his mind. Bai Bei lowered his eyes and looked at the shadows surging at his feet. The dark tone quickly climbed up his body.
The shadow enveloped Bai Bei and quickly dissipated in the blink of an eye. The straight male figure disappeared from the spot.
The surrounding scene turned into pure white. There was no unnecessary decoration inside the spacious space, with white as the only color. Countless translucent screens loaded with one strange story scene after another surrounded the figure in the center.
The thin figure was also uniformly white, with only the long hair and eyebrows being the common black color of humans, making him look particularly harmless. His eyeballs, which were clearly black and white, moved, and when he looked at the person who came, the corners of his mouth had a slightly mechanical and stereotyped arc.
"It's a bit unexpected. I thought you'd come on the first day you came back." The main system stood up and turned off the screen. "It's been almost three weeks now. It seems you're not as anxious as I thought."
"But you're not here to look for me. Do you need me to avoid you?"
Bai Bei stood beside the main system of the ghost story game. He turned his body to the side and turned his head. His eyes fell on the eyeball embedded in the wall. He just nodded without saying a word.
The black pupils were surrounded by scarlet irises, resembling the sucking mouthparts of a monster. Countless blood threads extended outward from the edges, gathering into blood dripping onto the ground, sticky and strange.
Bai Bei walked slowly to the front of the eyeball. He stared at it for a few seconds, but finally gave up the idea of poking it. He was afraid of getting rubbed with the disgusting unknown liquid. "Have you been awake for a few days? Why are there so many red blood vessels?"
Eyeballs: "..."
Bai Bei felt like he was being glared at angrily. He curled his lips slightly with interest, but the smile only lingered on the surface. "You think differently than I do."
"The consciousness depicted in the world of ghost stories should be rigid and inflexible. After all, the rules are always the same." Bai Bei crossed his arms. Although he was looking at it from a level angle, it seemed more like he was looking down at it.
He smiled coldly, mockingly and contemptuously, "But you give me the impression of the malicious side of humanity: greed, ambition, and arrogance."
"You're the driving force behind the advent of strange stories. The biggest problem is the idea of absorbing reality. Whatever is behind this, it shouldn't be the consciousness of the world itself... How could you possess what humans call ambition?"
This goes against the core definition of the world of kaidan.
Formulating rules, abiding by rules, and maintaining rules, everything revolves around the established rules. It should be a form that reflects the core rules, like an unchanging procedure, rather than a humane and lively one.
Bai Bei felt confused and had some random guesses in his mind. He lowered his eyes and said, "I think it might not have been like this at the beginning. Is it because of the Kaidan game? This game has indeed been around for too long, and the number of players has been increasing day by day."
Even if it's just the game area, the presence of players indirectly affects the world of Kwaidan, which leads to changes in it, gradually accumulating until a complete transformation occurs.
Bai Bei knew that ordinary hacking and killing could not get rid of this guy, and it was the driving force, not the root cause of the fusion of the two worlds. He was thinking of a way, a way to replace and erase it.
But he wasn't sure if this approach would work.
It didn't answer the previous question, and Bai Bei didn't continue to hold on to it. He simply changed the subject: "Controlling you is useless. The most direct way to prevent the arrival of strange stories is to kill Yan, the original medium, right?"
Bai Bei's words finally received a response. He heard a voice that was not disguising contempt: "Can you really do it? You've become different from before."
"Humans instinctively tend to be close to those who share the same bloodline, and you're particularly concerned about that human named Shi Yu. You've begun to value emotions. Can you still remain as indifferent as before?"
Its mocking tone was a complete denial, denying that Bai Bei would have the heart to hurt his real relatives just to realize those unrelated existences.
"Isn't it good to stay here?" The flowing blood imprinted a deep red hue on his eyes, which could not fade even if it dried up, tempting Bai Bei to return to the past state and not interfere anymore. "This is your true home."
Bai Bei did manage to remain unmoved, but he was only referring to the words spoken by the consciousness. "Forget about the brainwashing talk. I've heard too much of that. You definitely won't reveal a perfect solution to me anyway, so goodbye."
I still need to practice my brainwashing speech. The helpless and furious Eyeball Consciousness: "..."
She glared at him, "If you insist on siding with reality, you'll regret it."
Bai Bei spread his hands indifferently: "It's still uncertain who will win or lose. Do you really think I can't deal with you? I didn't take you seriously before the flashback happened. How can you still pose a threat now?"
There is no entity and it can only rely on the consciousness that exerts influence: "..."
The consciousness was about to be pissed off to death by him.
Bai Bei had looked down on it in the past before the time was reset, and his attitude hadn't changed much now. He looked at the eyeballs on the wall and rolled his eyes so hard that he almost fainted. He felt that if his mouth was more poisonous, he might just poison it to death.
The watching system was surprised to hear what he said. It thought that Novi's re-enactment clearly didn't include these things, so how could Bai Bei speak so familiarly? [Are you deliberately trying to piss it off, or did you remember something?]
"I remember a little bit." Bai Bei, angry at the consciousness, slipped away. After all, he didn't expect to get any real answers. "In that past thread before the flashback, I remember it came to me for a discussion. It wanted me to go to reality and directly complete the invasion of the ghost story."
You refused?
"Well, to be exact, I was too lazy to pay attention to it. Besides, it bothered me several times. I split it into several parts, and it finally calmed down a bit."
System: [...Wow, this thing is impossible to get rid of! And if it disappears, the world of Kwaidan will probably disappear too. The Surveillance Bureau will definitely try to stop you, though they can't. What are you going to do?]
"I don't know if it can be replaced." Bai Bei himself did not intend to do so. It was unlikely that the consciousness of the world incarnation could be really erased, and even if it could, the disappearance of the ghost story world would have a series of impacts.
Bai Bei still had doubts about the method he was thinking of. He sighed and said, "I hope it works."
"I've never heard of a strange story's consciousness being replaced." The system listened and began to analyze it. If it were a physical entity, it would probably be frowning. "And this isn't a strange story, it's the consciousness of the world."
This connection is different from ordinary ghost stories, and the subsequent impact is also far-reaching, which makes it difficult to succeed.
"I know."
Bai Bei knew that such an idea would be difficult to implement, but it was not completely impossible. He smiled and said, "So I might need her... my mother's help, but I don't know her well.
"The probability of her agreeing is about the same as the probability of success. It's not very high anyway."
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